THE CHORAL SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 16992, 14 March 1919, Page 6

THE CHORAL SOCIETY

The success attained by the Dunedin Choral Society is due largely to the effi-' eiency and enthusiasm of the orchestra. Mr Kidney Wtolf, the conductor, expressed his pleasure at the attendance and the splendid work done at Tuesday’s weekly, practice. The works now under rehearsal are those which will be included in tho society’s concert in His Majesty's Theatre on Anzac night, and for the night allotted to it in tho peace celebrations to be held in the Kensington Hall. These works are ‘August, 1914,’ ‘To Women,’ ‘To the Fallen,’ ‘The Banner of St. George’ (all by Sir Edward Elgar), Sullivan’s ‘Te Deum,’ ‘The Anthems of Britain and Her Allies ’ (arranged by Elgar, Fagge, and Wolf), ‘Last Post’ (by Charles V. Stanford), ‘The Hallelujah Chorus’ (from ‘The, Messiah’), Coleridge-Taylor's ‘A Tale of Old Japan,’ and probably ‘ Woman’s Work’ (words by Lewis Carrol and music for chorus nnd orchestra by Miss Winifred Ilawcridge). Mr W. L. Regie (chairman of committee) requested tho attendance of members at the annual meeting.